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How to Register for the Summer Immersion Program
CSPP Spanish Language and Cultural
Immersion Program in Mexico City
July 4-August 6, 2010 |
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Courses & Invited Faculty:
This year we are offering a number of academic courses, three of which will help you meet the requirements for the Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy. We will have outstanding faculty joining us, who draw on the ideas of Paulo Friere's critical pedagogy (Google it!) and you will have the experience of being co-creaters of knowledge with them! |
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The world needs clinicians with an international perspective! Saludos MFT and psychology graduate students! We invite you to join us for this summer's Spanish Language and Cultural Immersion Program in Mexico City! The immersion program is designed and implemented on the foundation of five educational pillars: critical pedagogy, liberation psychology, a self-of-the-therapist focus, a pointillism approach to culture, and Spanish language training for mental health workers. The program and courses also meet a majority of the requirements for the CSPP Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy.
The dates of the Immersion Program in Mexico are July 4, 2010 to August 6, 2010. This will be a life impacting educational experience. It will also be a chance to meet faculty and future colleagues from multiple campuses and universities who share your passion about social justice oriented mental health approaches from an international perspective!
Here is a small sample of what this year's Immersion Program will include:
• Helping facilitate a camp for the boys from La Casa Frijol (street kids who are finding new options)
• Journey to Chiapas in Southeastern Mexico
• Latin American originating approaches to mental health
• Exposure to indigenous healing practices and the opportunity to participate in a Temezcal
• Clinical theories and ideas for serving impoverished and oppressed communities
• Increased awareness of how US culture shapes most mental health approaches and opportunities to gain international clinical competencies
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Application Requirements
• Applicants must be currently enrolled and in good standing in a university mental health training program or have graduated from an accredited mental health training program.
• Applicants must submit an essay describing why they are interested in being part of the Immersion Program. Essays should be sent via email to Ms. Lesly Gutierrez.
• Applicants need to arrange for a brief telephone interview with Dr. Jason Platt.
Program Fee
The program fee is $3,500
and this includes all of your housing, Spanish coursework and
materials, the majority of breakfasts and suppers for the first four
weeks, lectures, entrance fees to program activities, and travel from the Mexico City campus Chiapas, Mexico. The fee does not
include your flight to Mexico City or tuition for any of the classes in
which you choose to enroll. Typically financial aid is available.
Please meet with your local campus financial aid office to make
arrangements.
Next Steps
1. Email Dr. Jason Platt and confirm that you are planning to participate in this year’s immersion program.
2. Contact Ms. Lesly Gutierrez to arrange a time for an interview with Dr. Jason Platt.
3. Secure your spot for the 2010 program by submitting a non-refundable deposit of $250 by February 1, 2010. You may make the deposit by check or credit card. To pay by check, please make the check payable to Alliant International University, write "Mexico Summer Immersion Program" in the memo section, and mail it to: Thomas Swank; Alliant International University; 10455 Pomerado Road, M-18; San Diego, CA 92131-1799. If you are a current Alliant student, you can log on to the CASHNet site to pay the deposit. There is an additional 2.75% convenience fee to use CASHNet and you will need a student ID. For other payment options, please contact Thomas Swank.
4. Apply for a passport if you do not already have one. For more information, please consult the State Department website.
5. Confirm with your home campus Program Director about the possibility of attending and to confirm whether academic courses can be used to meet your program requirements.
6. Buy a journal and your plane ticket!
Take care, and we look forward to having you visit beautiful Mexico soon!
Jason Platt, PhD
Director, CSPP Latin American Immersion Programs
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Mexico City
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